Epileptic Hervey Bay boy strapped to school chair with seatbelt: Mum

A 13-year-old special needs boy was regularly strapped to a chair at a Queensland special school to stop him running around, according to his parents.

Lynette Nolan and Cary White said teachers or aides at Hervey Bay Special School regularly tied their son up with a car seat belt last year to stop him getting out of his chair because he was walking around too much.

Daniel White's parents, Lynette Nolan and Cary White, say he was strapped to his chair at Hervey Bay Special School with a seat belt.

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"We were annoyed, very annoyed, that they could tie Daniel down and not let him walk around," she said.

"Cary contacted the principal over it and she was trying to deny it even happened.

Daniel White's parents, Lynette Nolan and Cary White, say he was strapped to his chair at Hervey Bay Special School with a seat belt.

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"(But) we saw it with our own eyes."

Daniel suffers from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare type of epilepsy that leaves him with severe speech and learning impairments.

HBSS principal Jo McCracken referred Fairfax Media questions to the Department of Education and Training, which refused to comment on individual cases.

A contractor at the school, who didn't want to be named, confirmed he had seen Daniel strapped to his chair on one occasion and was aware of several other times students had been forcefully restrained.

The "cell-like" room at Kawungan State School where Tate Smith was placed.

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The allegations came a day after shocking revelations a different Hervey Bay school was locking an autistic boy in a small "time out" room when he misbehaved.